Deutsche Welle - Directors General

Directors General

• 12 October 1960 – 29 February 1968: Hans Otto Wesemann
• 1 March 1968 – 29 February 1980: Walter Steigner
• 1 March 1980 – 8 December 1980: Conrad Ahlers
• 19 December 1980 – 30 June 1981: Heinz Fellhauer (interim)
• 1 July 1981 – 30 June 1987: Klaus Schütz
• 1 July 1987 – 30 June 1989: Heinz Fellhauer
• 1 July 1989 – 31 March 2001: Dieter Weirich
• 1 April 2001 – 30 September 2001: Reinhard Hartstein (interim as deputy intendant)
• 1 October 2001 – present: Erik Bettermann